We all wanted Clive Owen to play James Bond because he is the ultimate badass, but now he's rewarded us for his patience. Owen plays a totally original badass in Shoot Em Up. Known only as Mr. Smith (surely not his real name), Owen's character stumbles on bad guys chasing a woman in labor and ends up protecting her newborn infant from gun wielding maniacs throughout the movie. He uses everything from sharp shooting to carrots as weapons and even takes out the bad guys while getting it on with the leading lady. It's so wild and crazy, Owen couldn't help but keep up the wisecracking one liners during an interview.
CraveOnline: What attracted you to this script?
Clive Owen: Its originality really. I’d never read anything quite as crazy and wild and mad as this script. That’s why I wanted to do it.
CraveOnline: How does it feel to kill someone with a carrot?
Clive Owen: One of the challenges of the movie was trying to make carrots cool. That was the biggest challenge.
CraveOnline: I hate a lot of the same things your character does. What pet peeves do you have?
Clive Owen: I don’t really. I’m quite calm but I relate to the road rage one. When there’s an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.
CraveOnline: Did you create a back story for where this guy was before the bus stop?
Clive Owen: No.
CraveOnline: Isn’t the best part that he has no back story?
Clive Owen: That is. I like that. I think it’s important. Even when Paul’s character gives us that history, we don’t know if he’s right or not. And that’s good. All you need to know about that guy is that when it all goes off, he’s going to deliver. That’s all you need to know.
CraveOnline: If he hates everything, why does he care that the baby not get killed?
Clive Owen: Because he’s a nice guy. He’s a nice guy. All those guys that get killed, they all deserve it.
CraveOnline: Which came first of the two movies where you save a baby?
Clive Owen: Two movies where I’m delivering a baby. It was very bizarre, two films back to back shooting, with full on delivery scenes with my delivering a baby. It’s weird. I don't know why, but I’ve been there twice in real life too so I felt I could draw on that experience.
CraveOnline: Did you ever want to be a doctor?
Clive Owen: No, but luckily when my two girls were born, I wasn’t being shot at.
CraveOnline: Have you seen any of the John Woo movies?
Clive Owen: Yeah, I love those films. There’s no question he must have got his inspiration from Hard Boiled, with the scene with the baby. They're operatic in terms of their sort of action ambitions. I think they’re wonderful films, those early John Woo films.
CraveOnline: How was your experience taking the film to Comic Con?
Clive Owen: I made it out. [Laughs] I’m here. I actually, to be honest with you, I didn’t think it was as crazy as everyone built it up to be. There’s a huge amount of people that are very passionate about what they’re into and it’s a cool thing that they all come together and share it. If you’re crazy about some character in some comic book or whatever and you can go and share it, there was about 10 versions of Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner walking around that hall. And they all get together and can realize they’re not alone.
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